Are you ready for some of the biggest unsolved mysteries in the world?!

Sometimes
it is hard to believe that unsolved mysteries still exist in this day
and age. In the last century, humankind has made extraordinary technical
advancements. We have walked on the Moon, uncovered the building blocks
of life itself, DNA, ventured deeper into the oceans than ever before
and invented the self-strirring coffee mug!
However even with our amazing progress as a species there are still
mysteries out there to which the solution eludes us. Here you will find
some of the most puzzling unsolved mysteries in recorded history.
Mysteries such as:

The Voynich Manuscript

The Voynich Manuscript, one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in the world. Source

The
Voynich Manuscript is a manuscript written in the Middle Ages in an
unknown language using an unknown alphabet system. Attempts have been
made to interpret the document for over 100 years, but there hasn’t been
a single breakthrough yet. The Book includes illustrations of plants
(with some of them being unknown to modern bottanists) and astronimocal
information. It is possible that the book is the work of an alchemist
who used codes to keep his discoveries a secret but, untill the book is
decoded, no one knows for certain.

Like
its contents, the history of ownership of the Voynich manuscript is yet
another unsolved mystery. The codex belonged to Emperor Rudolph II of
Germany, who purchased it for 600 gold ducats and believed that it was
the work of Roger Bacon. It is very likely that Emperor Rudolph acquired
the manuscript from the English astrologer John Dee (1527-1608). Dee
apparently owned the manuscript along with a number of other Roger Bacon
manuscripts. In addition, Dee stated that he had 630 ducats in October
1586, and his son noted that Dee, while in Bohemia, owned “a
booke…containing nothing butt Hieroglyphicks, which booke his father
bestowed much time upon: but I could not heare that hee could make it
out.” Emperor Rudolph seems to have given the manuscript to Jacobus
Horcicky de Tepenecz (d. 1622), an exchange based on the inscription
visible only with ultraviolet light on folio 1r which reads: “Jacobi de
Tepenecz.” Johannes Marcus Marci of Cronland presented the book to
Athanasius Kircher (1601-1680) in 1666. In 1912, Wilfred M. Voynich
purchased the manuscript from the Jesuit College at Frascati near Rome.
In 1969, the codex was given to the Beinecke Library by H. P. Kraus, who
had purchased it from the estate of Ethel Voynich, Wilfrid Voynich’s
widow.

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The Bermuda Triangle

The Bermuda Triangle is still one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in the world.

The
Bermuda Triangle is a large part of ocean in the North Atlantic that
has been the source of many plain- and boat disappearances. A number of
explanations have been suggested over the years ranging from; time
warps, extreme weather to alien abductions. There is substantial
evidence to show that many of the disappearances have been exaggerated,
but even if those were excluded from the total count, the odds of
vanishing into thin air are higher in the Bermuda Triangle then anywhere
else.

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Saint Germain, the Immortal Count

Was Count St. Germain the real Doctor Who?

Is
it possible for a person to live forever? That is what some people are
claiming about a historical figure known as Count de Saint-Germain. His
origins are still unclear. Some records date his birth to the late
1600s, although some believe that his longevity reaches back to the time
of Christ. He has appeared many times throughout history – even as
recently as the 1970s – always appearing to be about 45 years old. He
was known by many of the most famous figures of European history,
including Casanova, Madame de Pampadour, Voltaire, King Louis XV,
Catherine the Great, Anton Mesmer, George Washington and others. He has
also been linked to a number of occult movements and conspiracy
theories.

Who was this mysterious man? Are the stories of his
immortality mere legend and folklore? Or is it possible that he really
did discover the secret of eternal life?

The date of birth for
Saint German is unknown, although most accounts say he was born in the
1690s. A genealogy compiled by Annie Besant for her co-authored book,
The Comte De St. Germain: The Secret of Kings, asserts that he was born
the son of Francis Racoczi II, Prince of Transylvania in 1690. What we
do know for certain is that he was an accomplished alchemist, which
means he could turn heaps of metal into pure gold. If that wasn’t a neat
enough trick already, the count also claimed to have discovered the
secret of eternal life! Between 1740 and 1780 Saint-Germain, who was
quite a celebrity in those days, traveled extensively throughout Europe –
and in all that time never seemed to age. Those who met him were
astonished by his many abilities and peculiarities like:

He spoke 12 languages

He could play the violin like a virtuoso.

He was an accomplished painter.

Wherever he traveled, he set up an elaborate laboratory, presumably for his alchemy work.

He
seemed to be a man of great wealth, but was not known to have any bank
accounts. (If it was due to his ability to transmute base metals into
gold, he never performed the feat for observers.)

He dined often
with friends because he enjoyed their company, but was rarely seen to
eat food in public. He subsisted, it was said, on a diet of oatmeal.

He prescribed recipes for the removal of facial wrinkles and for dyeing hair.

He loved jewels, and much of his clothing – including his shoes – were studded with them.

He had perfected a technique for painting jewels.

He
claimed to be able to fuse several small diamonds into one large one.
He also said he could make pearls grow to incredible sizes.

He
has been linked to several secret societies, including the Rosicrucians,
Freemasons, Society of Asiatic Brothers, the Knights of Light, the
Illuminati and Order of the Templars.

Officially Saint
Germain died in 1784, but of course dying equals having a bad day, when
your called the “immortal count”. He would continue to be seen
throughout the 19th century and into the 20th century!

In
1785 he was seen in Germany with Anton Mesmer, the pioneer hypnotist.
(Some claim that it was Saint-Germain who gave Mesmer the basic ideas
for hypnotism and personal magnetism.)

Official records of Freemasonry show that they chose Saint-Germain as their representative for a convention in 1785.

After
the taking of the Bastille in the French Revolution in 1789, the
Comtesse d’Adhémar said she had a lengthy conversation with Count de
Saint-Germain. He allegedly told her of France’s immediate future, as if
he knew what was to come. In 1821, she wrote: “I have seen
Saint-Germain again, each time to my amazement. I saw him when the queen
[Antoinette] was murdered, on the 18th of Brumaire, on the day
following the death of the Duke d’Enghien, in January, 1815, and on the
eve of the murder of the Duke de Berry.” The last time she saw him was
in 1820 – and each time he looked to be a man no older than his mid-40s.

Voltaire, the 18th century philosopher, perhaps best summed up the Count of St. Germain:

this is “a man who never dies, and who knows everything.”

Whether that’s true or not, only history knows.

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Jack The Ripper

Jack
the Ripper has to be the most famous serial killer of all time. He was
the most active in 1888 when he committed his hideous crimes mostly in
the poor Whitechapel area of London. His victims were mostly prostitutes
and in some cases the bodies were found only minutes after Jack the
Ripper left the scene. This was especially creepy considering the Ripper
took his time to mutilate and surgically remove organs from its
victims.

Probably
the biggest reason for the enduring appeal of this bizarre series of
prostitute murders is the name Jack the Ripper. The name is easy to
explain. It was written at the end of a letter which was forwarded it to
the Metropolitan Police on 29 September 1988. The letter began “Dear
Boss……” It went on to speak of ”I am down on whores and I shant quit
ripping them till I do get buckled…”; and went on in similar fashion.
The “trade name” of Jack the Ripper was then made public and ignited
both the imagination and a nation wide panic among the public. None of
the 11 brutal murders were ever solved and to this day, we still don’t
know anything about the identity of this mysterious serial killer and
how many victims he made.

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The Taos Hum

The
Taos hum is a low-pitched sound that can be heard in various parts of
the world. It is described as sounding like the humming of a
refrigerator. Strangely a lot of people hear the sound and it is known
to drive some people mad, while others don’t hear a thing. The
mysterious sound is also undetectable by microphones or any other
electronic equipment, making it extremely hard to pinpoint the source.
It is most famous for its occurrence in Taos, New Mexico, the town where
this mysterious phenomena got its name from. In 1997, the United States
Congress asked scientists and observers to find the source of the
sound, but they were unable to do so. There are a lot of theories
surrounding the Taos Hum. Some say it has to do with the thin earth
crust in Taos, while others are convinced it has to do with an
alien UFO that crashed eons ago and is now buried deep underground.
Whatever the case may be, it sure must suck to get a good night sleep in
Taos!

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The Shroud Of Turin

The
Shroud of Turin is allegedly the burial shroud of Jesus Christ, which
bears the image of a crucified man. Despite many scientific
investigations, no explenation excists on how the image could have been
imprented on the cloth. No attempts to replicate the image have been
succesful. Tests date the fabric back to the Middle Ages, but it’s
existence has been known since at least the 4th century, and pollen and
weave testing put in the time of Jesus.

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The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich

20-year old pilot, Frederick Valentich, was attempting to rack up flying time for his commercial license, flying his single engine Cessna 182 to King Island som